According to unnamed sources, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns about 1% of Anthropic, stemming from an investment of tens of millions of dollars in its 2021 Series A, when the company was valued at $461 million. At Anthropic's latest valuation of $965 billion, the stake could be worth about $10 billion, though neither Schmidt nor Anthropic has confirmed the figure. The IPO is discussed at a range of $1.8 trillion to $2 trillion; at the top of that range, the stake could reach $20 billion, lifting Schmidt's net worth from $57.5 billion to nearly $80 billion. Alphabet shares rose 1.05% to close at $344.18, and investors treated the report as a minor development. All figures remain estimates, as nothing has been signed or filed and the IPO timeline is only a plan.
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